Councilwoman Pam Gautreau discusses the Smooth Ride Home project with St. Landry Parish President Bill Fontenot. Freddie Herpin, Daily World

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A second road contract - this one totaling about $14 million worth of projects primarily located north of U.S. 190 and in the Eunice area - has won the parish council's approval.

This contract will mark the end of Phase I of the Smooth Ride Home program. Parish President Bill Fontenot said four more contracts, each totaling about $10 million worth of projects, will be left soon after the first of the year.

The first contract, set out for bids earlier this month, addressed 66 miles of roads south of U.S. 190. ...